Upholstered furniture



Aug. 25, 1964 H. J. GARIEPY 3,146,029

UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Filed June 12, 1962 INVENTOR HENRY J. GARIEPYATTORNEY United States Patent 3,146,029 UPI-IOLSTERED FURNITURE Henry J.Gariepy, Gariepy Products Inc., South Ashburnham, Mass.

Filed June 12, 1962, Ser. No. 201,828 Claims. (Cl. 297-445) Thisinvention relates to new and improved upholstered furniture and moreparticularly relates to means for cementing and similarly securingupholstery, covering material, etc. to the frame of a piece of furnituresuch as a chair, divan, etc.

Further objects of the invention include the provision of a piece offurniture such as a chair, divan, etc., embodying a seat frame uponwhich legs are to be mounted in the conventional manner at the underside thereof and upon which at the upper side thereof there is to bemounted a back and connected armrests in such a way that furniture canbe manufactured and shipped in knockdown condition and be set up by thecustomer himself, and at the same time the invention proposes to cementor similarly secure upholstery material to said seat frame by cementingthe same thereto at relatively narrow ringlike areas surroundingapertures in the seat frame, which apertures are to receive tenonsattached to edge pieces for the backrest and to standards supporting thearms.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a new andimproved method for applying upholstery to the seat frame of furniture,particularly of knockdown style, by cementing the upholstery thereto ina narrow circle surrounding holes, pressing the same by means of a tool,and then punching a hole through the upholstery material in the area ofthe opening in the seat frame, so as to leave the upholstery material inposition without the necessity of using any metallic or other fastenersand still providing for quick and easy assembly of the parts of thechair, divan, etc. by the customer.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- FIG. 1 isa view in side elevation of a chair according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the methodof applying the upholstery material;

FIG. 3 is a plan view, looking in the direction of arrow 3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2 but showing a further step in themethod, and

FIG. 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale showing the parts inassembled condition.

In illustrating the present invention, the same has been disclosed asapplied to a chair or divan which has more or less conventional legs 10,10, a seat frame which may be solid or open and is preferably made ofwood generally indicated at 12, this being covered with upholsterymaterial 14 which may be merely in the nature of cloth or paddedmaterial or it may have foam rubber underneath or other padding. To beattached to the seat is a backrest member which among other partsincludes two end or side rails 16 which may be connected by slats as isusual, and a pair of armrests indicated at 18, 18, each of which isprovided with a standard 20, 20. The lower ends of the rails 16 and thestandards 20 are to be secured to the seat frame 12 in the manner to bedescribed.

Referring now to FIG. 2, the seat frame is first provided with holeswhich are made on a slant if desired as indicated at 22. These holes aredrilled or bored for the reception of tenons at the lower ends of theside rails 16, 16 of the backrest or at the lower ends of the armrestsupporting standards 20, 20 as the case may be.

A narrow ring of cement is applied as indicated by ice the referencenumeral 24 onto the top of the seat frame about the opening 22. Withthis cement in tacky condition, it is merely necessary to apply thepadding, upholstery, or other similar material 14 with which the seat 12is to be covered and then this upholstery material may be pressed downin the area of the ring 24 in order to firmly cement the upholsterymaterial 14 to the top surface of the seat frame 12. This can be donemanually or it can be done by machine such as for instance a plunger orthe like 26 which may of course be solid or in the form of a ring andwhich is brought down in the direction of arrow 28 under pressure so asto firmly cement the upholstery material 14 in a circular form at 24about the opening 22.

Thereafter the waste material 30 of the upholstery material 14, i.e.,that material of the upholstery 14 which coincides with the area of theopenings 22, is cut away by any desired means such as for instance apunch 32 or the like, and this leaves the seat 12 completely upholsteredbut with openings for the reception of tenons at the lower ends of siderails 16 or armrest standards 20, and these can be applied to theopenings and secure them in position as shown in FIG. 5.

In FIG. 5 the tenon is indicated at 34 and it is cut off square at 36 ona slant with reference to the axis of the side rail or armrest standard,depending upon the inclination of the hole 22. This square cut portioncompletely overlaps the cemented area which is indicated at 38 in FIG.5, so that even though cement should show in the area of the ring at 24,it will be covered by the shoulder 36 formed by square cutting the baseunder the tenon 34 as clearly shown in FIG. 5. Then a fastener 40 ofconventional type is passed through a washer or the like 42 and securesthe member which is indicated at 44 and which may be either backrestside rail member 16 or armrest standard 20. The parts are thereforefirmly secured in position, the upholstered material being firmlysecured not only by the cement but now also by the square cut shoulders36 to form a finished article of furniture which is easily put together.

Attention is called to my copending patent application Serial No.196,253, filed May 21, 1962, now US. Patent No. 3,115,367 which shows asimilar upholstered type of furniture secured in a different manner.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do notwish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than asset forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. An article of furniture comprising a seat, a back assembly, legmembers, and two armrest assemblies, each armrest assembly includes asupporting standard therefor, and the brackrest assembly including siderails, tenons at the lower ends of the armrest standards and side railsfor the backrest, corresponding openings in the seat frame for thereception of said tenons whereby to assemble the backrest, armrests andseat frame, upholstery material on the seat frame, and means cementingthe upholstery material about the openings in the seat frame on the topsurface thereof.

2. The article of furniture of claim 1 wherein said backrest side railsare provided with square cut shoulders at the inner ends of the tenons,said square cut shoulders being secured in position to cover thecemented upholstery material adjacent the openings in which the tenonsare received.

3. The article of furniture of claim 1 wherein said backrest side railsare provided with square cut shoulders at the inner ends of the tenons,said square cut shoulders being secured in position to cover thecemented upholstery material adjacent the openings in which the tenonsare received, and means securing the tenons in position in the openingsin the seat frame.

4. The article of furniture of claim 1 wherein said end of each tenon,said shoulders being on a complebackrest side rails are provided withsquare cut shoulders mentary inclination to set flatly on the upholsterymaterial at the inner ends of the tenons, said square cut shoulders in acircular ring about the openings. being secured in position to cover thecemented upholstery material adjacent the openings in which the tenonsare 5 received, said cemented areas being coextensive with therespective square cut shoulders.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 5. Thearticle of furniture of claim 1 wherein said 272406 Blackstock 1883members are at an incline with respect to the top surface FOREIGNPATENTS of the chair seat frame, the openings also being at a similar 1063,503 France Apr. 13, 1955 inclination, a square cut shoulderterminating at the inner 79,718 Netherlands Nov. 15, 1955

1. AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING A SEAT, A BACK ASSEMBLY, LEGMEMBERS, AND TWO ARMREST ASSEMBLIES, EACH ARMREST ASSEMBLY INCLUDES ASUPPORTING STANDARD THEREFOR, AND THE BACKREST ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SIDERAILS, TENONS AT THE LOWER ENDS OF THE ARMREST STANDARDS AND SIDE RAILSFOR THE BACKREST, CORRESPONDING OPENINGS IN THE SEAT FRAME FOR THERECEPTION OF SAID TENONS WHEREBY TO ASSEMBLE THE BACKREST, ARMRESTS ANDSEAT FRAME, UPHOLSTERY MATERIAL ON THE SEAT FRAME, AND MEANS CEMENTINGTHE UPHOLSTERY MATERIAL ABOUT THE OPENINGS IN THE SEAT FRAME ON THE TOPSURFACE THEREOF.